Improvement in copy-holders



w. R. CARTER, Copy-H0|ders.,

Patented 0ct.14, 1873.

- Witnesses:

Attorneys.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

WALTER a. CARTER, or BROOKLYN, NEWYORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COPY-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,616, dated October14, 1873; application filed August 9, 1873.

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Copy-Holder, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention consists of a couple of long thin bars or plates, supportedhorizontally side by side in a stand of any suitable kind and materialfor holding written or printed papers to be copied between them, toexpose the line directly above the edge of one of the bars, which servesas a guide to the copyist, the paper being drawn up, as each line iscopied, to expose the next.

The stand may consist of a couple of posts with vertical and horizontalslots through them for the bars, or any equivalent thereof. The postsmay becapable of being adjusted toward and from each other, t. be placedagainst the edges of the sheet of paper for guiding it as it is pulledup through the bars; or special guides may be fitted on the bars betweenthe posts, the guides being mortised, and the bars passing through themthe same as through the posts. The'mortises in the posts and blocks areto be so formed as to width that, while they will allow the bars toshift freely in them, they will hold the bars so close together as tocause them to pinch the paper sufficiently to hold it in whateverposition it may be required to be held. v

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved copy-holder; and Fig. 2 isa section of Fig. 1 on the line 00 a0.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the two parallel bars, between which the paper sheet ofcopy B is to be held. 0 represents the posts or stands for holding thebars; and D represents guides, which may be used or not for the edges ofthe paper.

The bars A are, preferably, made of wood; but they may be of metal,vulcanized indiarubber, or any other approved material.

The stands will also be constructed of wood, by preference. In thisexample they consist of two independent stands and may be shifted towardand from each other as required by the width of the paper sheets of thecopy, and will serve as the guides for the edges of the paper; but, ifpreferred, they may be attached to a base or platform, as far apart asthe widest sheet of paper to be copied. When so arranged the guides DWill be used. They not only guide the paper, but prevent the bars A fromspringing apart between the posts, so as to let the paper fall. Thepaper being placed between the bars to begin with, as represented inFig. 1, is adjusted with the upper line just above the front bar A,which serves as a guide to the eye in distinguishing the line to becopied from the others when more than one is above the bars, and hidesall the lines below, so that the copyist is never at fault whenreturning to the copy from the work, as when no object is used. the copydirectly in front of the eyes, where it can be read more accurately thanwhen lying flatwise. As each line is finished the paper is drawn up toexpose the next line to be copied.

If desired, the front bar A may have a slot in it; or another bar maybeplaced above it, with a little space between, through which to see theline to be copied, so that the lines above will be hid, as well as thosebelow, but generally this will not be required.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- The guides D D, combined with two horizontal bars, AA, held in mortises of two posts, 0 U, as and for the purpose described.

W. R. CARTER.

Q Witnesses:

O. Snnewrox, ALEX. F. RonnRTs.

Moreover, the holder supports

